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At the end of spring and autumn, the county government would organize two matchmaking events called "Sending Brides" to send unmarried eligible women to various villages and towns, where men could choose their brides.,Following the bridal party were girls who had been left behind by their villages, so to speak. They were the leftovers, the ones no one else wanted. Their quality was self-evident.,The four great bodhisattvas, as the village children called them, were: a camel that couldn't do heavy work, a cripple, a rogue who liked to tease young girls and daughters-in-law, and a pompous but incompetent Jin Feng.。